C.McClane""s late-night, unexpected arrival at Farrell""s apartment door interrupted the triggered explosion of an uploaded virus into Farrell""s computer (detonated with the Delete key).The dangers of a complacent nation (with hunger amidst a land of plenty) being manipulated and taken over by neo-Fascist forces and Hitler""s Third Reich (a reality in the early 1940s) are countered in the film by the actions of the ordinary ""little man.His speech displayed his strong love of America.He praised those who would fight, promising potential glory for his soldiers:...Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.Men, all this stuff you""ve heard about America not wanting to fight - wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung.]Police squad cars with sirens blaring were dispatched to the area.The shocking event caused a panic and troop deployment (with tanks and artillery) to the area.The President was notified of the emergency by a government official.A recap of what had happened was reported by Drew Pearson (as Himself) via radio and television on WMAL - the momentous landing of a "spaceship" at 3:47 pm - currently, a ring of tanks and artillery surrounded the strange flying object, but there had been no movement for two hours.